Newspaper-file



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEWSPAPER-FILE.

Specication forming part of Let-ters Patent No. 49.620, dated August 29,i865.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JACOB FRioK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improvement in Newspaper-Edles, and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersofreferencc marked thereon.

My invention consists in certain improvements, tully describedhereinafter, whereby the wooden strips between which the newspapers areplaced may readily adjust themselves to the papers and securely continethem in their position without tearing or cutting the same.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, l will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' thisspecification, Figure l. is a side view of my improved newspapertile;Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a plan view, and Fig. 4 asection on the line l 2, Fig. 1.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

A and B are two wooden strips, the former ot which is the shorter, andhas in its lower edge a recess adapted to a projection on the upper edgeot' the strip B, the interior of the recess in the strip A, as well asthe surface of the projection ot the strip B, being covered with clothor rubber, for a purpose described hereinafter.

Nearoncend ofthe strip B is a recess through which passes a metal plate,C, and near the other end is a recess through which passes a plate, C',and to the lower end of each plate is riveted a curved spring, a, theends of which bear against the under sideof the strip B, for a purposedescribed hereinafter.

In both the plates G and G are a series ot' openings, w, through one ot'which, in the plate C, passes a pin, c, by means of which the end ofthestrip A isjointed to the said plate, and into a corresponding opening inthe plate C projects the end of a hook, t, which is hung to the upperedge of the strip A.

From the upper edge ot' the strip B, and

through openings in the strip A, project the usual retaining-pins, l),and to the center of the strip A is attached a ring, d, by means ofwhich the file may be hung in its place.

Vhen a paper has to be secured in the tile the end of the strip Aadjacent to the plate C is raised, the paper is placed on theadjustingpins b in the usual manner, and the strip A is depressed to itsformer position and fastened by the hook i, the paper being thus firmlysecured between the two strips.

The wooden strips generally employed in making newspaper-tiles areliable to warp, and their edges are thus so far separated that the paperslips between them and is torn away at the point where the pins b passthrough the same. In the present instance I have overcome thisdifficulty by recessing the edge of one strip and forming a projectionin the edge of the other, the paper being still more tirmly secured bycovering the edges of the strips with cloth or rubber. As the number ot'papers on the tile increases the strips A and B are separated. thesprings ct permitting the strips to adjust themselves to the positionrequired, aud at the sanne time retaining them rmly in contact with thepaper. When the number of papers increases to such an extent as tostraighten the springs ct, the pin c and the hook i may beinserted inone ofthe openingszin in the plates U and G above that in which theywere previously placed.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. Thestrips A and B, combined with the plates C and C' and with the springsa, or their equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

2. rI he plates A and B, one having a projection on its edge and theother a recess in the edge adjacent to the said projection, for thepurpose specified.

3. The strips A and B, having strips of cloth, rubber, or other elasticmaterial secured to their inner edges, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

, JACOB FRICK. Vitnesses CHARLES E. Fos'rER, G. B. PRICE.

